| Name: | Tom Gammals |
| Year of birth: | 1966 |
| Municipality: |
Espoo |
| Town: | Espoo |
| Title: | CCO |
| Email: | tom.g@mailbox.org |
| Phone: | 0509111866 |
Tom
Gammals
Espoo
"For an entrepreneur-friendly and multicultural Espoo"
I have lived in Espoo since the early 70s and have seen the city progress and develop into, in my opinion, the best city in Finland. The proximity to Helsinki, as well as the sea and all the beautiful nature, are things that are important to me and the reason why I want to ensure that the city continues to develop in a positive way.
For me, particularly important issues regarding Espoo's development concern entrepreneurship and a multicultural community. For Espoo to succeed in the global competition for investments, skilled labor and sustainable economic growth, we should focus on helping companies start their operations and grow and develop profitably. Functioning and good business services, sensible planning, smooth procedures for issuing various permits and assistance in finding skilled labor are examples of measures with which the city can create an entrepreneur-friendly environment. These are also issues that I have worked with for several years.
As Espoo is also one of the cities that best attracts immigrants, it is of utmost importance that we do everything to make these immigrants feel welcome and that they find meaningful work to integrate into Espoo. This is a matter that is extremely important to me, and I believe that we cannot afford to miss out on all the knowledge and experience that these knowledgeable and often highly educated people bring with them.
Finally, I would like to point out that I have several years of experience in business development, recruitment, integration and municipal decision-making and cooperation. I am positive, cooperative and a developer who also has his feet firmly on the ground. Since I am equipped with two ears and one mouth, I use them in the same proportion and gladly listen to your wishes and thoughts on how we can make Espoo even better.
Important political topics
Economy & Business
For Espoo to succeed in the global competition for investments, skilled labor, and sustainable economic growth, we should focus on helping companies start their operations and grow and develop profitably. Functioning and good business services, sensible planning, smooth procedures for issuing various permits, and assistance in finding skilled labor are examples of measures with which the city can create an entrepreneur-friendly environment.
Equality and Equity
Espoo is one of the cities that attracts the most immigrants. People move here to study, work, live a better life, and some come here for love. It is of utmost importance that we do everything to make these immigrants feel welcome and that they find meaningful work to integrate into Espoo. We simply cannot afford to miss out on all the knowledge and experience that these skilled people bring with them, and therefore it is extremely important that everyone is treated equally and given the same opportunities for a happy life in Espoo.
Municipal and urban vitality
A vibrant municipality/city attracts businesses, investments, and residents. For a municipality/city to be vibrant, many things must be in order. The aforementioned conditions for a functioning business community, an equal labor market, and a good environment to live in form a foundation to build on.
In a vibrant city, it is also necessary to ensure that housing, construction, and planning with sustainable and pleasant planning, which in turn provides opportunities for leisure activities and culture, form a whole where the parts support each other and lead to all residents feeling well and enjoying themselves. It is therefore important to be able to see how the different parts affect the whole and how various measures can influence how well the city reaches the goals set in its strategy.
Candidate's answers in election machine
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We should build upwards rather than expand into new areas in Espoo.
We already have several rather spread-out neighborhoods, and personally, I think it\'s nice that we also have forests, fields, and nature in general close by when moving between these neighborhoods. Therefore, I think we should rather develop the existing neighborhoods than necessarily create new ones.
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Espoo is a safe city to live in.
Espoo also has its share of security issues, but on the whole, Espoo is still more secure than not.
3 / 14
Espoo provides sufficient services and support for young people.
The services are fundamentally good, but there is always room for improvement.
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Early childhood education should be free for everyone.
5 / 14
Schools should prioritize traditional textbooks over digital learning materials.
6 / 14
One of the municipality’s most important tasks is to invest in sports facilities and opportunities for exercise and recreation.
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It is important to provide all residents with equal opportunities for cultural activities.
8 / 14
The municipality should introduce or improve opportunities for residents to influence how municipal funds are used through participatory budgeting.
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The municipality should invest in public transportation.
At the same time, it is important that the use of public transport is competitively priced. It should be smooth to use and affordable in comparison with, for example, private car use.
10 / 14
It should be possible to be a resident in more than one municipality, for example, through digital municipal citizenship.
11 / 14
The municipality should better facilitate the expansion of renewable energy, such as solar and wind power.
12 / 14
The municipality should mix more housing types in planning than is currently the case.
13 / 14
The municipality should introduce anonymous recruitment.
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